Firecracker Bites – 4th of July Cookies
Here is a festive 4th of July cookies recipe that’s perfect all summer.
Firecracker bites are tasty and fun to eat.
The colors of the dough are easy to switch up depending on your occasion.
Summer is coming, and that means barbecues, celebrations, and gatherings.
Whether you plan on hosting or attending, you should make these Memorial Day or 4th of July cookies.
Party food isn’t complete without cookies, right? Here is a giant list of BBQ party foods of all kinds.
Firecracker Bites – Red, White & Blue 4th of July Cookies Recipe
Here’s what you need to make these cookies. The measurements are in the recipe card below.
For the Dough:
- Sugar
- Butter
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
- Baking powder
- Flour
- Salt
- Red and blue food coloring
For the Frosting:
- Cream cheese
- Butter
- Vanilla extract
- Powdered sugar
- Star sprinkles
Directions:
- Preheat your oven to 350° and grease a mini muffin pan with butter
- In a large mixing bowl, beat your sugar and butter with a hand mixer until light and fluffy
- Mix in your egg and vanilla
- Now mix in your flour, salt, and baking powder
- Separate your dough in half, add red food coloring to one, and blue to the other and mix
- Mix both colors of dough together and form into small bouncy ball sized balls
- Press each dough ball slightly into the bottom of each muffin mold
- Bake for 10 minutes
- Right when they come out of the oven press the center of the cookie down with your finger and let cool
- While your cookies are cooling, mix together your butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar until you have a thick creamy frosting
- Scoop the frosting into a large decorating bag and cut the tip off
- Frost the center of your cookies with a swirled motion
- Top off with just the blue and white star sprinkles and enjoy
The possibilities are endless with these cookies.
Change the colors, the frosting, and the decorations to make them for different holidays.
If you’re having a graduation party, maybe use the school colors.
Wedding shower? Use the theme colors and a fancier frosting swirl.
Get creative and use your imagination.
Firecracker Bites Patriotic Cookies
Ingredients
Dough
- ½ cup sugar
- 5 tbsp butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- red food coloring
- blue food coloring
Frosting
- 5 tbsp cream cheese softened
- 3 tbsp butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- star sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and grease mini muffin pan with butter
- In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar and butter with a hand mixer until light and fluffy½ cup sugar, 5 tbsp butter
- Mix in egg and vanilla1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Mix in flour, salt, and baking powder¾ tsp baking powder, 1 ½ cups flour, ¼ tsp salt
- Separate dough into two parts. Mix blue food coloring in one and red in the otherred food coloring, blue food coloring
- Mix both colors of dough together and form into small bouncy ball sized balls
- Press each dough ball slightly into the bottom of each muffin mold
- Bake for 10 mins
- Right out of the oven, press center of cookies to create an indent and let cool
- While your cookies are cooling, mix together butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar until you have a thick creamy frosting5 tbsp cream cheese, 3 tbsp butter, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 3 cups powdered sugar
- Scoop frosting into a piping bag and cut off tip
- Frost the center of the cookies using a swirled motion
- Top with blue and white star sprinkles and enjoystar sprinkles
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4th of July party food recipes:
- Smurfberry bark candy recipe happens to also have the perfect colors for patriotic events.
- Red, white, and blue chocolate covered Oreo cookies are a rich and chocolaty experience.
- Patriotic colored chocolate shot glass to fill with whatever you like.
- Red, white, and blue cream cheese dip for dipping fruit, cookies, or crackers.
Do you make 4th of July cookies?
Do you think you would like these Firecracker Bites?
Love these – so festive.
thanks
Those are very colorful. I like the way they look.
I do love these festive and colorful cookies. My sister would enjoy these for her 4th of July party and I pinned this!
What a super cool recipe! The perfect thing to bring to a cookout. Thanks so much for sharing your recipe with us at Merry Monday.
How adorable are these?! I love them! Simple yet super cute! Thanks for linking up with Delicious Dishes Recipe Party!
My kids love to help me bake treats and they are going to love this! Thanks for sharing and linking up with us over at the Welcome Home Wednesdays Link Party!
These are very cool cookies for the 4th and no doubt delicious, Definitely going to try this recipe.